42.7% ▲ +18.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Miles · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Miles
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of residents in Miles have finished Year 12, leaving a gap of 16 percentage points compared to the national figure. This trend of lower formal schooling extends to higher education, where the area is far below the state and national averages for university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.7% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This is around the middle for similar areas, though 23.7% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Miles, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon here, with only 10.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national average, while the most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.8% of residents.
10.4% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Miles, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related subjects at 14.6%, followed by management and commerce at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Miles has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas, though the average school size of 182 is lower than usual. All local schools are government-run and split evenly between primary and secondary types.
5.28
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
182
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
908
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Miles
2 schools — 364 students, average ICSEA 908.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| Miles State School, Miles | Government | Primary | 8.1 km | 200 | 908 |
| Miles State High School, Miles | Government | Secondary | 8.4 km | 164 | 907 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Miles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31833/miles/topic/education